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macro for api-documentation
by Janko Hauser 13 Apr '07

13 Apr '07

Hello everyone, good morning europe, I want to generate an API- documentation. For this I use a table (bTABLE) for every function definition. That's a lot of code, which is in part dynamic (number of rows for example depends on number of arguments). Here is a simple example, but I will need colors and different fonts, different lines between in/out and so on. \startalignment[middle] \midaligned{\ss \bTABLE \bTR \bTD[nc=3] validateRegistration \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD[nr=3] \rotate[rotation=90]{Input} \eTD \bTD parameter1 \eTD \bTD Beschreibung zu Parameter 1 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD parameter2 \eTD \bTD Beschreibung zu Parameter 2 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD parameter2 \eTD \bTD Beschreibung zu Parameter 2 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD[nr=3] \rotate[rotation=90]{Output} \eTD \bTD parameter1 \eTD \bTD Beschreibung zu Parameter 1 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD parameter2 \eTD \bTD Beschreibung zu Parameter 2 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD parameter3 \eTD \bTD Beschreibung zu Parameter 3 \eTD \eTR \eTABLE} \stopalignment Are there any examples to do this more generally or better approaches to set this up? With regards, __Janko -- Janko Hauser email: jhauser(a)zscout.de mobile: +49 1721 641552

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broken section number
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 12 Apr '07

12 Apr '07

Hallo! I need help with referencing a subsubsection-number and the following setup: --------------------------------------- \setuphead[chapter][number=no] \setuphead[subsection][resetnumber=no] \setuphead[subsubsection][ numbercommand={\determineheadnumber[section]\currentheadnumber .}] \setupsection[section][previousnumber=no,conversion=Romannumerals] \setupsection[subsection][previousnumber=no,conversion=Characters] \setupsection[subsubsection][previousnumber=no] \starttext \section{Eins} \subsection{Zuerst} \subsubsection{Test} \subsubsection[LAB]{Test} \subsubsection{Test} \subsection{Danach} \subsubsection{Test} \subsubsection{Test} \section{Zwei} \subsection{Und dann} \subsubsection{Test} In \in[LAB] % <---- problem \stoptext --------------------------------------- The numbering of the subsub's is prefixed (arabic, not roman) and reset by the section-number (not the subsection-number). This works. The problem is, that section-number-prefix is not used for the reference. What is the solution? Btw. I have not found any explanations for the 'prefix' and the 'ownnumber' options. Where can I read and learn about these options? Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] Can I use OpenType fonts with ConTeXt on Windows right now
by Paul Schalck 12 Apr '07

12 Apr '07

An easy way to test OpenType fonts with Context/Xetex from scratch under Windows (XP): 1. Get Texlive 2007 2. Install the Context collection with the Texlive Manager (Xetex is included) 3. Create a little test file: \enableregime[utf] \definetypeface[myface][ss][Xsans][Arial]%or any else font in your /windows/fonts folder; run "fc-list >namelist.txt" to get them all \setupbodyfont[myface, 12pt] \starttext Hello World! \stoptext 4. Run "texexec --xtx test.tex" Sources: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Fonts_in_XeTeX http://www.fsci.fuk.kindai.ac.jp/kakuto/win32-ptex/web2c75-e.html _______________________________________________________________ SMS schreiben mit WEB.DE FreeMail - einfach, schnell und kostenguenstig. Jetzt gleich testen! http://f.web.de/?mc=021192

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Can I use OpenType fonts with ConTeXt on Windows right now
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 12 Apr '07

12 Apr '07

Hello, Thanks a lot for people who replied to my "OpenType in Windows" topic. I have learned a lot about perspectives, but... can someone make it clear -- CAN I use OpenType fonts with ConTeXt on Windows right NOW (without conversion to other formats), and, if possible, what I have to do to achieve it? Thanks. -- Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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Change the size of publication list
by Aditya Mahajan 12 Apr '07

12 Apr '07

Hi, I want to change the font size of the list of publications to \small. This needs to be done in the style file. But I could not find any option to do this in the bib module. What is the correct way to do this? Aditya

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xetext-pdftex differences
by Steffen Wolfrum 12 Apr '07

12 Apr '07

Hi, as there are some on this list working/playing with xetex/context: Where do I go when I experience differences between context/pdftext and context/xetex? For example with context/xetex I get ... ! Undefined control sequence. \stopframedtext ->\dostopframedtext ... and I do get "SS" instead of eszett ("ß") with the following: \usetypescriptfile[type-gyr] \usetypescript[times][ec] \mainlanguage[de] \enableregime[utf] \setupbodyfont[times,9pt] Hello Thermes! 1234567890 üööäß Whom to tell this? Steffen P.S. Besides these details it is amazing how smooth ConTeXt files run with XeTeX!!

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error in meta-txt.tex
by Vit Zyka 12 Apr '07

12 Apr '07

Hi Hans, there is an error in meta-txt.tex: instead of \includeMPgraphic{followtokens} should be something like \includeMPgraphic{followtokens}\relax otherwise we get icture pic[]; ... in .mp file Vit Test file: ------------------------------------- \starttext \useMPlibrary[txt] \startuseMPgraphic{followtokens} path P, RotPath, C; C:= fullcircle scaled 10cm; draw C withpen pencircle scaled 0pt; P:= fullcircle scaled 11.3cm; RotPath:= subpath (3.25,4.5) of P; \stopuseMPgraphic \hbox{\followtokens{Text along the arc.}} \stoptext -------------------------------------

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default pdf version in the current ConTeXt release
by Zhichu Chen 11 Apr '07

11 Apr '07

Hi, I don't know if it occurs to you ever, but once I update ConTeXt to the current release, my pdf file could be opened by Acrobat reader and shows several blank pages. But Foxit reader seems take it pretty well and everything is showed like I imaged. I'm using Windows by the way. Before I gave up Acrobat reader and turned to Foxit reader, I made my last try: I put \pdfoptionpdfminorversion=3 in my source file and the pdf file shows correctly in Acrobat reader now. When I changed the number to 4, it shows with some problems. When I changed it to 5 and higher, it shows only blank pages. So, just FYI, I suppose the default pdf minor version is 5, and if you have a display problem with your pdf files, try to make it lower. -- Sincerely yours, Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------- Zhi-chu Chen | Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility No. 2019 | Jialuo Rd. | Jiading | Shanghai | P.R. China tel: 086 21 5955 3405 | zhichu.chen.googlepages.com | www.sinap.ac.cn ----------------------------------------------------------------

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page-break after \section
by Peter Münster 11 Apr '07

11 Apr '07

Hello, in the following example, there is a page-break after the second section title. \page[no] does not help. Is this normal or a bug? \starttext \section{bla} \dorecurse{36}{bla\par} \section{bla} \page[no] \startitemize \dorecurse{5}{\item bla} \stopitemize \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Re: [NTG-context] Numstring modul - numbers in words
by pete 11 Apr '07

11 Apr '07

I thought that I was supposed to put something on the wiki since I bothered everyone for it... ;-) So I did. But it was just a quick first draft, and I did it mainly as a way of saying 'thanks' for everyone's help... <http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Page_numbering_in_words>

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framed getbuffer
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 11 Apr '07

11 Apr '07

Hallo! The following simple example doesn't compile (ConTeXt ver. 2007.01.02 and Live ConTeXt). What am I doing wrong? \starttext \startbuffer \startformula x^2 = x\cdot x \stopformula \stopbuffer \framed{\getbuffer} \stoptext Wolfgang

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Math symbols in Gentium
by Kumar Appaiah 10 Apr '07

10 Apr '07

Dear ConTeXt users, I have found Gentium to be a nice free alternative font for my documents. I was wondering why the Greek symbols don't get used in documents which use Gentium. They sem to use the same cmr fonts for the math parts. Is it expected to work that way, or is there a way to get the Gentium symbols? My type-sil-gentium.tex has this line, if that's relevant. \definetypeface[sil-gentium][mm][math][default][default][encoding=\defaultencoding] Thanks. Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 462, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036

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\setupbodyfont vs. \switchtotypeface
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 10 Apr '07

10 Apr '07

Hello, What is better to use given the code below? \setupbodyfont or \switchtotypeface? Both produce the same result but in the second case my pdf file is twice bigger.. \enableregime[cp1251] %\language[ru]\setuplanguage[ru] \loadmapfile[t2a-monotype-timesttf.map] \usetypescriptfile[type-buy] \usetypescript[serif][fallback] \starttypescript [serif] [myfont] [t2a] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [t2a-TINRPSMT] [encoding=t2a] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [t2a-TINRPSBM] [encoding=t2a] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [t2a-TINRPSIM] [encoding=t2a] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [t2a-TINRPSBI] [encoding=t2a] \stoptypescript \definetypeface [myFont] [rm] [serif] [myfont] [default] [encoding=t2a] \definetypeface [myFont] [mm] [math,boldmath] [myfont] [default] [encoding=t2a] \definetypeface [myFont] [tt] [mono] [typewriter][default][encoding=t2a] \setupbodyfont[myFont,12pt] %\switchtotypeface[myFont][12pt] -- Best, Vyatcheslav

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Re: [NTG-context] spreading natural tables across the page
by MASON Peter J 09 Apr '07

09 Apr '07

Thankyou, but I'm seeking a little more. This example gives columns of equal width. I need to be able to control width for each col, viz some I want tight fitting, others not. Seems that I can do this if I'm explicit about setting width= per column, but with Latex using "tabular*" I didn't need to set width explicitly for each col. Does this make sense? If so then howto? -----Original Message----- From: ntg-context-bounces(a)ntg.nl [mailto:ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl]On Behalf Of Wolfgang Schuster Sent: Thursday, 5 April 2007 4:16 PM To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Subject: Re: [NTG-context] spreading natural tables across the page 2007/4/5, MASON Peter J < Peter_MASON(a)rta.nsw.gov.au>: I'm trying to have my tables extend across the full (\textwidth) of the page. In LaTeX I was using tabular*, specifying a \textwidth for width, and with approp use of @{\extracolsep\fill}} bu am not having any success. Basically, in ConteXT I want odd columns to act as labels and be tight fitting but even cols to be the values an NOT be tight-fitting, within a page-wide table, ie some tight, some not. As well, I' d like not to be explicitly specifying column width. I saw examples using option=stretch somewhere but am not able to get my use of same happening. As well, I' d like not to be explicitly specifying column width. Could a kind person please point me to an example of this usage. Thanks. Hi Peter, \starttext \bTABLE[option=stretch] \bTR \bTD Left \eTD \bTD Right \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext Wolfgang IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachment to it are intended only to be read or used by the named addressee. It is confidential and may contain legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistaken transmission to you. The RTA is not responsible for any unauthorised alterations to this e-mail or attachment to it. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of the RTA. If you receive this e-mail in error, please immediately delete it from your system and notify the sender. You must not disclose, copy or use any part of this e-mail if you are not the intended recipient.

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Re: [NTG-context] natural tables - first row not gray
by MASON Peter J 09 Apr '07

09 Apr '07

Thanks. Yes, that works better. Is there some general I can draw from this? -----Original Message----- From: ntg-context-bounces(a)ntg.nl [mailto:ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl]On Behalf Of Wolfgang Schuster Sent: Thursday, 5 April 2007 4:26 PM To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Subject: Re: [NTG-context] natural tables - first row not gray 2007/4/5, MASON Peter J < Peter_MASON(a)rta.nsw.gov.au>: G'day, firstly thanks for your contextgarden.net website and the "live-context" facility. I checked my results against it. Could I seek help on this please. I'm expecting rows 2-4 of the table resulting from the segment below to have odd columns in rows 2-4 with white-on-black but all columns are coming out as black-on-white. I also tried completely specifying it by supplying \setupTABLE[even][2-4] ... as well. Something obvious I expect, but I'm missing it. Thanks. \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \bTABLE \setupTABLE[first][first][align=middle, background=color,backgroundcolor=gray,foregroundcolor=black] \setupTABLE[odd][2,3,4][align=left,background=color,backgroundcolor=black,foregroundcolor=white] Hi Peter, can you try the follwing setups: \setupTABLE[c][odd][align=left,background=color,backgroundcolor=black,foregroundcolor=white] \setupTABLE[r][first][align=middle,background=color,backgroundcolor=gray,foregroundcolor=black] Wolfgang \bTR \bTD [nc=6] Prime Unit \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Plate: \eTD \bTD xxxxx \eTD \bTD State: \eTD \bTD sssss \eTD \bTD Type: \eTD \bTD ttttt \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Make: \eTD \bTD mmmm \eTD \bTD GCM: \eTD \bTD [nc=3] gggg \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Chassis: \eTD \bTD cccc \eTD \bTD GVM: \eTD \bTD [nc=3] vvv \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachment to it are intended only to be read or used by the named addressee. It is confidential and may contain legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistaken transmission to you. The RTA is not responsible for any unauthorised alterations to this e-mail or attachment to it. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of the RTA. If you receive this e-mail in error, please immediately delete it from your system and notify the sender. You must not disclose, copy or use any part of this e-mail if you are not the intended recipient.

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Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context Digest, Vol 34, Issue 18
by Steve MC Han 09 Apr '07

09 Apr '07

I wish I could understand one single line of theses! C:\Han\slide>mpto -tex 2MS2.mp \documentclass[12pt]{amsart} \usepackage{mflogo} \begin{document} \newif\ifloadfontfileonce % \gdef\mpxshipout{\shipout\hbox\bgroup \setbox0=\hbox\bgroup} \gdef\stopmpxshipout{\egroup \dimen0=\ht0 \advance\dimen0\dp0 \dimen1=\ht0 \dimen2=\dp0 \setbox0=\hbox\bgroup \box0 \ifnum\dimen0>0 \vrule width1sp height\dimen1 depth\dimen2 \else \vrule width1sp height1sp depth0sp\relax \fi\egroup \ht0=0pt \dp0=0pt \box0 \egroup} \mpxshipout% line 151 2MS2.mp $A$\stopmpxshipout .... etc. Steve MC Han wrote: > Still it says "command failed" as you can see below. > > C:\Han\slide>mpost --tex=latex 2MS2 > This is MetaPost, Version 0.993 (Web2C 7.5.6) > (2MS2.mp [0] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]makempx: Command failed: mp > to -tex 2MS2.mp So, you should try this command: mpto -tex 2MS2.mp tex-based labels in metapost are not simply created by one program, but a number of programs called in turn. For simplicity's sake, the relevant commands are normally hidden. Taco --------------------------------- Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users.

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Help with ConTeXt TaBlE
by Jeremy Johnson 09 Apr '07

09 Apr '07

Hi, I have a letterhead defined in latex: \newcommand{\myletterhead}{\noindent {\begin{tabular*}{6.5in}{ @{} l @{} r @{} } \parbox[b]{2.5in}{\huge \sc John Doe} & \parbox[b]{4.0in}{\flushright \large \sl MOTTO}\ \ \hline \hline \\[-8pt] \Large WhoIAm & \normalsize STREET\\ \Email \it email@nowhere & P.O.~Box ddd\\ \Telefon \it telnumber \FAX faxnumber & TOWN, STATE ZIPCODE\\ \end{tabular*}} \normalsize } I'm trying to find the equivalent in ConTeXt But I can't find the equivalent of "@{}" which removes the padding around cells so that a horizontal line is flush with thee text. I also can't seem to find a way to draw a fine double line: "\hline \hline \\[-8pt]" "\HL \MR \HL" skips a whole line and godown[] doesn't seem to work in table context. Thanks for any suggestions.

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Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context Digest, Vol 34, Issue 17
by Steve MC Han 09 Apr '07

09 Apr '07

Still it says "command failed" as you can see below. C:\Han\slide>mpost --tex=latex 2MS2 This is MetaPost, Version 0.993 (Web2C 7.5.6) (2MS2.mp [0] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]makempx: Command failed: mp to -tex 2MS2.mp >> 2MS2.mp >> 2MS2.mpx ! Unable to make mpx file. l.151 label.lft(btex $A$ etex, z8); 11 output files written: 2MS2.0 .. 2MS2.10 Transcript written on 2MS2.log. C:\Han\slide>makempx -tex=latex 2MS2.mp 2MS2.mpx makempx: Command failed: mpto -tex 2MS2.mp Thanks, Steve --------------------------------- 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with theYahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut.

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unicode in metafun?
by Andrea Valle 08 Apr '07

08 Apr '07

Hi to all, I'm plotting a phonetic formant chart with metapost inside context. I know I can't use TIPA, but I would be happy with utf8. So I'm encoding a utf8 file, and I can see the chars in the source. As an example I see this: ɷ But MP is complaining about not ascii characters. Even outside MP, just using ConTeXt I'm not able to see the previously mentioned char. There's no error with "œ" (I guess it's extended ascii?) but result is \dochar etc printed on resulting pdf. Is there a way to use unicode symbols with metapost? (or what else?) Many thanks as usual Best -a- -------------------------------------------------- Andrea Valle -------------------------------------------------- CIRMA - DAMS Università degli Studi di Torino --> http://www.cirma.unito.it/andrea/ --> andrea.valle(a)unito.it -------------------------------------------------- I did this interview where I just mentioned that I read Foucault. Who doesn't in university, right? I was in this strip club giving this guy a lap dance and all he wanted to do was to discuss Foucault with me. Well, I can stand naked and do my little dance, or I can discuss Foucault, but not at the same time; too much information. (Annabel Chong) -------------------------------------------------- Andrea Valle -------------------------------------------------- CIRMA - DAMS Università degli Studi di Torino --> http://www.cirma.unito.it/andrea/ --> andrea.valle(a)unito.it -------------------------------------------------- I did this interview where I just mentioned that I read Foucault. Who doesn't in university, right? I was in this strip club giving this guy a lap dance and all he wanted to do was to discuss Foucault with me. Well, I can stand naked and do my little dance, or I can discuss Foucault, but not at the same time; too much information. (Annabel Chong)

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Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context Digest, Vol 34, Issue 16
by Steve MC Han 07 Apr '07

07 Apr '07

>> C:\Han\slide>mpost --tex=latex 2MS6 This is MetaPost, Version 0.993 >> (Web2C 7.5.6) (2MS6.mpmakempx: Command failed: mpto -tex 2MS6.mp >>>> 2MS6.mp 2MS6.mpx >> ! Unable to make mpx file. l.34 label.lft(btex Number of students >> etex rotated 90, (-u,u)); Transcript written on 2MS6.log. Try trunning makempx -tex=latex 2MS6.mp directly. Maybe that gives a better error message Best, Taco This is what I got: C:\Han\slide>makempx -tex=latex 2MS6.mp makempx: Need exactly two file arguments. Try `makempx --help' for more information. C:\Han\slide>makempx --help Usage: makempx [-tex[=<program>]|-troff[=<program>]] MPFILE MPXFILE. If MPXFILE is older than MPFILE, translate the labels from the MetaPost input file MPFILE to low-level commands in MPXFILE, by running mpto -tex, tex, and dvitomp by default; or, if -troff is specified, mpto -troff, gsoelim | geqn -Tps -d$$ | gtroff -Tps, and dmp. The current directory is used for writing temporary files. Errors are left in mpxerr.{tex,log,dvi}. If the file named in $MPTEXPRE (mptexpre.tex by default) exists, it is prepended to the output in tex mode. There is one file called "mpxerr.tex" which contains stuffs like \mpxshipout% line 156 2MS3.mp $A$\stopmpxshipout \mpxshipout% line 157 2MS3.mp $B$\stopmpxshipout \mpxshipout% line 158 2MS3.mp $C$\stopmpxshipout \mpxshipout% line 159 2MS3.mp Does this mean anything? Thanks, Steve --------------------------------- Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A.

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interlinespace and accented capital
by Peter van Kranenburg 07 Apr '07

07 Apr '07

Hi list, I have an accented E (É) somewhere in my text. The height of this character changes the interlinespace, probably to avoid collision of the accent and the line above it. Unfortunately it is visually very disturbing to have a larger interlinespace for one single line on the page. I couldn't find a way to make ConTeXt ignore this height and space the lines evenly. I would be very glad if someone could point me to a solution for this. best Peter van Kranenburg

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Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context Digest, Vol 34, Issue 14
by Steve MC Han 07 Apr '07

07 Apr '07

Hi Tako, thank you for your response. There is nothing in mpxerr.log. When I was trying to use mptopdf to convert mp file to pdf, it didn't produce myfile-1.pdf... type files, even though it said it was converted. So, I looked up this manual http://tex.aanhet.net/context/mirror/general/sources/mptopdf.pdf and typed "pdftex --ini mptopdf" at command prompt without understanding. Magically, it produced pdf files, but now metapost doesn't work. Maybe, the process "pdftex --ini mptopdf" had changed the path of metapost execution. Steve MC Han wrote: > Could someone give some help for me? > > If I do metapost I have an error message: this is the exact error message > > > C:\Han\slide>mpost --tex=latex 2MS6 > This is MetaPost, Version 0.993 (Web2C 7.5.6) > (2MS6.mpmakempx: Command failed: mpto -tex 2MS6.mp > >> 2MS6.mp >>> 2MS6.mpx > ! Unable to make mpx file. > l.34 label.lft(btex > Number of students etex rotated 90, (-u,u)); > Transcript written on 2MS6.log. > Can you check what is in mpxerr.log? It looks like the 'normal' latex command in your path has a problem with something, that does not happen with the executable in texlive's bin directory. Best wishes, Taco ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context(a)ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context End of ntg-context Digest, Vol 34, Issue 14 ******************************************* --------------------------------- Be a PS3 game guru. Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! Games.

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Re: [NTG-context] What happened to \usetypescript[postscript] ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 06 Apr '07

06 Apr '07

Zitat von luigi scarso <luigi.scarso(a)gmail.com>: >> ! Font \*postscript12ptrmtfrm*:=texnansi-utmr8a at 12.0pt not >> loadable: Metric >> (TFM) file not found. > This line say that you don't have installed the font required; > maybe the font is in your system, but you didn't said to TeX to > install it (no tfm=> no Tex Font Metric found) Well, yes, you are right: The fonts used with \usetypescript[postscript] I never did install, actually I don't know much about them. I thought they are kind of preinstalled fonts... Now, with TeXLive they are gone. But some projects allready started with eg NimbusRoman. So, how do I get it back? > I usually use texfont for this kind of work. texfont? Tell me more about it! Up now I didn't came across it, don't know it... Steffen

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Re: [NTG-context] itemize in blocks
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 06 Apr '07

06 Apr '07

Hallo! > >> use \par at the end of the question > >> > > > > Why? > > > \question pick up it sargument and uses \par as delimiter, otherwise > we could not apply attributes to the question text > > \question is the 'minimalistic approach, > > \startquestion > \stopquestion > > is the best way ans works ok here Ahhh! And then \par inside is working. Wolfgang

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What happened to \usetypescript[postscript] ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 06 Apr '07

06 Apr '07

Hi, yesterday me too switched from a working 2006 TeX installation to a more recent TeXLive2007 (all with OSX). In general it works. Only using \usetypescript[postscript] (for using the Nimbus/Times) fails: %&context \starttext \usetypescript[postscript][\defaultencoding] \setupencoding[default=texnansi] \mainlanguage[de] \enableregime[mac] \setupbodyfont[postscript,10pt] \setupinterlinespace[line=12pt] Test Worte AW \stoptext Below is the log. Could someone help? Steffen TeXExec | processing document 'times_new_1.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file times_new_1.top TeXExec | using randomseed 945 TeXExec | tex engine: pdfetex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) %&-line parsing enabled. (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./times_new_1.tex ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.12 15:56 MKII fmt: 2007.4.3 int: english/english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii)) system : cont-old loaded (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys loaded (/Users/lichtblau/Library/texmf/tex/context/user/cont-sys.tex (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns en->ec:ec->1->2:3 uk->ec:ec->2->2:3 de->texnansi:tex nansi->3->2:3 de->ec:ec->4->2:3 fr->texnansi:texnansi->5->2:3 fr->ec:ec->6->2:3 es->ec:ec->7->2:3 pt->texnansi:texnansi->8->2:3 pt->ec:ec->9->2:3 it->texnansi :texnansi->10->2:3 it->ec:ec->11->2:3 nl->texnansi:texnansi->12->2:3 nl->ec:ec- >13->2:3 cz->il2:il2->14->2:3 cz->ec:ec->15->2:3 sk->il2:il2->16->2:3 sk->ec:ec ->17->2:3 pl->pl0:pl0->18->2:3 pl->ec:ec->19->2:3 pl->qx:qx->20->2:3 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : times_new_1.top loaded (./times_new_1.top specials : loading definition file tpd (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file 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(/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) 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mptopdf
by Steve MC Han 06 Apr '07

06 Apr '07

Could someone give some help for me? If I do metapost I have an error message: this is the exact error message C:\Han\slide>mpost --tex=latex 2MS6 This is MetaPost, Version 0.993 (Web2C 7.5.6) (2MS6.mpmakempx: Command failed: mpto -tex 2MS6.mp >> 2MS6.mp >> 2MS6.mpx ! Unable to make mpx file. l.34 label.lft(btex Number of students etex rotated 90, (-u,u)); Transcript written on 2MS6.log. But if I set the path "path c:\TexLive2007\bin\win32" at prompt command and then do metapost, then it is O.K. (no error message) as I copied below. C:\Han\slide>path c:\TexLive2007\bin\win32 C:\Han\slide>mpost --tex=latex 2MS6 This is MetaPost, Version 0.993 (Web2C 7.5.6) (2MS6.mp [0] [1] [2] [3] [4] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [30] ) 16 output files written: 2MS6.0 .. 2MS6.30 Transcript written on 2MS6.log. I have to set the path again whenever I turn on the PC. This all problem started after I did mptopdf.ini Can anyone give some insight for me? Thank you in advance. --------------------------------- Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains.

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Re: [NTG-context] itemize in blocks
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 05 Apr '07

05 Apr '07

Hi Bernd! > > what I am doing wrong with the following snipped? > > > > The \par in the \item does not work. > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > \defineenumeration[question][location=top,text=Aufgabe] > > \defineblock[question] > > > > \starttext > > \chapter{Aufgaben} > > \beginquestion > > \question > > \startitemize[a] > > \item Zick > > > use: \crlf or \blank and not \par A better workaround would be \endgraf, but I think \par should work here, as it works in other situations outside the block-environment. I asked myself if this is a little bug or an error of mine. > use \par at the end of the question Why? ciao, Wolfgang

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Scite folding
by Idris Samawi Hamid 05 Apr '07

05 Apr '07

Dear syndicate, Can Scite be configured for folding based on TeX keywords, or is that something that is hardwired in Scintilla/Scite? I would like to feed Scite all the \start-\stop's, {}, \bgroup-\egroup etc. I looked in the context properties files but did not find anything, and it's certainly not there by default Notepad++ (also scintilla-based) supports this through a nifty define-your-own-language dialog****, as well as global RTL (no interlinear bidi), but the developers are generally unresponsive to requests for help or guidance from end users (as opposed to serious programmers) so I am a bit hesitant about switching from WinEdt to Notepad++. Notepad++ also supports folding in TeX-mode for things like \chapter, \section (without ending tags; adopted from Visual TeX) but the dialog does not let me extend that for ConTeXt (\subject etc). Anyway, whatever you can tell me about Scite and folding would be a big help! Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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OpenType in Windows
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 05 Apr '07

05 Apr '07

Hello, I heard that Mac users can typeset in ConTeXt with OpenType fonts. Is it possible on Windows platform? (either in MiKTeX or TeXLive?) Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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texexec.pl vs. .rb
by Tobias Burnus 05 Apr '07

05 Apr '07

Hi, the following command works with the PERL but not with the RUBY version. Is this option obsolete or simply not yet implemented: (texmfstart) texexec --pdfarrange --paper=a5a4 --print=up test.pdf texexec: works texmfstart texexec: ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> a \@@ppoffset ->a 5a4 \calculatepaperoffsets ...lue {\??pp #1\c!offset } \divide \scratchdimen \arr... <argument> ...dth }\fi \calculatepaperoffsets {A4} \xdef \papersize {A4} \firstofoneargument #1->#1 \next1 #1,->\docommand {#1} \doprocesscommaitem ... l.3 \setuplayout Tobias

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module and def commands problem
by Bernd Militzer 05 Apr '07

05 Apr '07

Hi Taco, instead of writing a FixMe-module I just started to make my exam-module from 2003 a bit more international. As a first test I set up some commands in german and english see file p-testDE.tex running texexec test1.tex the output is ok but running texexec --mode=english test1.tex I get an error: system : module testDE loaded (./p-testde.tex) ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> ...st it} \subject {FixMe} \SchoolYear {2006/07} \question test i... \firstofoneargument #1->#1 l.53 } What is going wrong with my command-definations? I have no idea! What did I fail to do? Cheers, Bernd

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itemize in blocks
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 05 Apr '07

05 Apr '07

Hallo, what I am doing wrong with the following snipped? The \par in the \item does not work. ------------------------------------------------------- \defineenumeration[question][location=top,text=Aufgabe] \defineblock[question] \starttext \chapter{Aufgaben} \beginquestion \question \startitemize[a] \item Zick \par % This \par does not work! Mehr Zick \stopitemize \endquestion \stoptext ------------------------------------------------------- Wolfgang

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natural tables - first row not gray
by MASON Peter J 04 Apr '07

04 Apr '07

G'day, firstly thanks for your contextgarden.net website and the "live-context" facility. I checked my results against it. Could I seek help on this please. I'm expecting rows 2-4 of the table resulting from the segment below to have odd columns in rows 2-4 with white-on-black but all columns are coming out as black-on-white. I also tried completely specifying it by supplying \setupTABLE[even][2-4] ... as well. Something obvious I expect, but I'm missing it. Thanks. \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \bTABLE \setupTABLE[first][first][align=middle, background=color,backgroundcolor=gray,foregroundcolor=black] \setupTABLE[odd][2,3,4][align=left,background=color,backgroundcolor=black,foregroundcolor=white] \bTR \bTD [nc=6] Prime Unit \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Plate: \eTD \bTD xxxxx \eTD \bTD State: \eTD \bTD sssss \eTD \bTD Type: \eTD \bTD ttttt \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Make: \eTD \bTD mmmm \eTD \bTD GCM: \eTD \bTD [nc=3] gggg \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Chassis: \eTD \bTD cccc \eTD \bTD GVM: \eTD \bTD [nc=3] vvv \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachment to it are intended only to be read or used by the named addressee. It is confidential and may contain legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistaken transmission to you. The RTA is not responsible for any unauthorised alterations to this e-mail or attachment to it. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of the RTA. If you receive this e-mail in error, please immediately delete it from your system and notify the sender. You must not disclose, copy or use any part of this e-mail if you are not the intended recipient.

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spreading natural tables across the page
by MASON Peter J 04 Apr '07

04 Apr '07

I'm trying to have my tables extend across the full (\textwidth) of the page. In LaTeX I was using tabular*, specifying a \textwidth for width, and with approp use of @{\extracolsep\fill}} bu am not having any success. Basically, in ConteXT I want odd columns to act as labels and be tight fitting but even cols to be the values an NOT be tight-fitting, within a page-wide table, ie some tight, some not. As well, I' d like not to be explicitly specifying column width. I saw examples using option=stretch somewhere but am not able to get my use of same happening. As well, I' d like not to be explicitly specifying column width. Could a kind person please point me to an example of this usage. Thanks. IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachment to it are intended only to be read or used by the named addressee. It is confidential and may contain legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistaken transmission to you. The RTA is not responsible for any unauthorised alterations to this e-mail or attachment to it. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of the RTA. If you receive this e-mail in error, please immediately delete it from your system and notify the sender. You must not disclose, copy or use any part of this e-mail if you are not the intended recipient.

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Makeindex and Context
by John R. Culleton 04 Apr '07

04 Apr '07

I like the extended feature set of makeindex so I creatred my own little routine to use it with Context on a recent project. Here is the code: \newwrite\ind \immediate\openout\ind=book.idx \def\sidx#1{\write\ind{\\indexentry{#1}{\the\pageno}}} It works fine from the indexing point of view. But if the \sidx{} tag is embedded in a paragraph then some extra space is left where the tag existed in the paragraph. I had to move all such tags to either the beginning or the end of the paragraph. What did I fail to do? -- John Culleton Able Indexing and Typesetting Precision typesetting (tm) at reasonable cost. Satisfaction guaranteed. http://wexfordpress.com

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bookmark, underscore bug?
by Rick Rajter 04 Apr '07

04 Apr '07

Hey all, I'm a new Context user, so forgive me if I do not have the standard formalities down... I have come across what I believe to be a bug with respect to filenames containing the underscore character '_' and the ability to generated pdf bookmarks (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Image:Acroread.png image if you're not sure what exactly the bookmarks are in a pdf format) If I use the simple example \setupinteraction[state=start] \placebookmarks[chapter,section,subsection] \setupinteractionscreen[option=bookmark] \starttext \chapter{One} \section{demo} \stoptext The file new-file.tex and newfile.tex work properly, but the file new_file.tex does not. I'll gladly ignore for now and just use all alphnumerical letters... but I'm a big underscore user (as one can see from my email address), and would like to keep going that route if possible. Any information would be appreciated! Love the Context showcase demos... hope to build some of my own. -Rick

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Vertical text alignment in nested natural tables
by Brian R. Landy 04 Apr '07

04 Apr '07

Hi, I am having a problem using nested natural tables, to which I have a solution but feel that it my not be the proper approach. I'm pretty much a TeX and ConTeXt novice. The problem is that the row height it reduced when a table is nested, breaking vertical text alignment across cells. In my example the cells "SSSSS" and "Swap" to not align vertically due to the presence of the "p". I have an example of the problem and my fix below. I'm curious if someone knows a better way to fix this. Thanks for your help, Brian \starttext Working table:\par \start \bTABLE[frame=on,align={middle,lohi}] \bTR \bTD SSSSS \eTD \bTD Swap \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stop Nested table changes cell height, breaks text alignment with "lohi":\par \start \bTABLE[frame=on,height=0.50in] \bTR \bTD {\start \bTABLE[frame=on,align={middle,lohi}] \bTR \bTD SSSSS \eTD \bTD Swap \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stop} \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stop setting height to baselineskip does not help:\par \start \bTABLE[frame=on,height=0.50in] \bTR \bTD {\start \bTABLE[height=\the\baselineskip,frame=on,align={middle,lohi}] \bTR \bTD SSSSS \eTD \bTD Swap \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stop} \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stop One fix is a strut:\par \start \bTABLE[frame=on,height=0.50in] \bTR \bTD {\start \bTABLE[frame=on,align={middle,lohi}] \bTR \bTD \strut{SSSSS} \eTD \bTD \strut{Swap} \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stop} \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stop \stoptext

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math: \usemathcollection and \enablemathcollection
by Johannes Kuester 04 Apr '07

04 Apr '07

I'm quite lost with \usemathcollection and \enablemathcollection -- I checked the manual, the wiki, and the source browser, but without success for my problems. I just don't get how math font switching works for e.g. Lucida fonts, and why it does not for my fonts in my setup. So: What is the correct use of \usemathcollection and \enablemathcollection i.e. where should these appear (and where not)? Do I need \enablemathcollection at all? In my current setup (see below), I have two problems: ---- Major problem: I would like to switch my math fonts globally. Currently I have to apply \enablemathcollection e.g. after every \startcolumns (and after other environments as well), otherwise my math fonts are used, but not in the desired encoding, which results in wrong symbols shown. ---- Minor problem: I would like make sure that all math symbols do come from my math fonts and aren't taken from CM or other fonts. Is this possible? E.g. could I get an error message (or some special black box or the like in my pdf file) for each math control sequence which is not (yet) defined in my current mathcollection? My current setup: -- an environment file "env-signa.tex" with (among many other definitions) \usetypescriptfile[type-opticals] \usetypescriptfile[type-minionpro] \usetypescriptfile[type-tymnmath] \usetypescript[MinionPro][ec] \setupbodyfont[MinionPro] \switchtobodyfont[MinionPro,9.6pt] -- a "type-minionpro.tex" file with \starttypescript [serif] [MinionProSizes] [ec] % (followed by many \definefontsynonym) \stoptypescript \starttypescript[MinionPro][ec] \usetypescript[serif][Opticals][size] \usetypescript[serif][MinionProSizes][ec] \usetypescript[newmath][MinionMath] %[size] \definebodyfontenvironment [9.6pt] [\s!text=9.6pt,\s!script=6.8pt,\s!scriptscript=4.9pt, \c!x=8.4pt,\c!xx=5.8pt,\c!big=11pt,\c!small=7.6pt] % further \definebodyfontenvironment entries \enablemathcollection[newmath] \usemathcollection[newmath] \quittypescriptscanning \stoptypescript -- a "math-newmath.tex" file with math font synonyms, definitions and some blocks like \startmathcollection[newmath] % (many \definemathsymbol entries) \stopmathcollection This is a general file for math fonts following "TeX NewMath" encodings (this should develop in a real ConTeXt module for general use) -- a "type-tymnmath.tex" file, setting up my math fonts, with \starttypescript[newmath][MinionMath] % (with % \definefontsynonym % and % \definebodyfont [9.6pt] [mm] % [ ... ] % entries) \stoptypescript -- and of courese a main file with \startproject project_signa \environment env_signa and components (chapter files) with \startcomponent kap_01 \project project_signa Thanks for any help! Johannes -- Johannes Kuester typoma mailto:jk@typoma.com http://www.typoma.com

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--autopdf blues
by Idris Samawi Hamid 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

Dear gang, In M$-Windows (and probably unix as well) Acrobat/Reader has the very irritating feature such that, if called from the command line, it forgets its last position and resizes itself to the default position, somewhere in the middle of the screen. This makes --autopdf useless if one wants (like me) to have Acrobat always open up in the same corner of my screen's real estate each time. WinEdt opens Acrobat properly but since I'm moving away from that (no unicode/bidi support) I tried automating things in batch files etc. After hours of struggle I finally learned that clicking on a shortcut to Acrobat/Reader works while running it from the command line will never work right... ...unless one activates the .LNK extension in the system control panel. See http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/1111214434?s Now --autopdf depends on pdfopen.exe, so I can't configure it apparently (tested pdfopen.exe directly). Can pdfopen.exe be recompiled so that it opens Adobe in the last-opened position like a lnk shortcut does? For what it's worth something like > "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\Adobe Acrobat 7.0 > Professional.lnk" foo.pdf will work in a batch/make file in the meantime. But it would be nice if texexec -autopdf did the same thing. Any thoughts? Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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Times as math font
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

Hello, Could someone be so kind to tell me why I cannot set Times as math font? The line \definetypeface [myFont] [mm] [math,boldmath] [myfont] [default] [encoding=t2a] seems to do nothing; other code works well. \loadmapfile[t2a-monotype-timesttf.map] \usetypescriptfile[type-buy] \usetypescript[serif][fallback] \starttypescript [serif] [myfont] [t2a] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [t2a-TINRPSMT] [encoding=t2a] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [t2a-TINRPSBM] [encoding=t2a] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [t2a-TINRPSIM] [encoding=t2a] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [t2a-TINRPSBI] [encoding=t2a] \stoptypescript \definetypeface [myFont] [rm] [serif] [myfont] [default] [encoding=t2a] \definetypeface [myFont] [mm] [math,boldmath] [myfont] [default] [encoding=t2a] \definetypeface [myFont] [tt] [mono] [typewriter][default][encoding=t2a] \setupbodyfont[myFont,12pt] \starttext Uniform distribution (over an interval) means that every number from that interval is equally probable. The probability density function is given as $ f(x) = \left\{ {\matrix{ {{1 \over {b - a}}} & {for\,x \in (a;b)} \cr 0 & {otherwise} \cr } } \right. $ \stoptext -- Best, Vyatcheslav

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Microsoft Word -> Context
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

Hello, My faculty receives papers in MS Word format. One poor computer literate lady is working very hard to typeset a journal of consistent quality from those papers. All work is performed in MS Word and I consider to suggest her to move to ConText (she don't have a slightest idea of it at the moment, by the way). I already have some fonts and header files to typeset math papers in Russian and I think I could setup all things for her and provide help if needed. Then, we need something like Word2ConText (or a macro written in VBA) to convert incoming papers to ConText code and then easily assemble them. Something, that resembles famous Word2Tex application. What can community say about the sensibility of my idea? And did anyone attempt to implement some conversion tool? Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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Section title font define
by Roy Zuo 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

Hi all, I am going to write my thesis with ConTeXt. The problem is that our University wants chapter titles to be 18 points while body text is 11 points. I do not want to use \switchtobodyfont every time I type a chapter title, but I have no idea how to make it a style in the setup area. Any hints? Thanks a lot. Yous, Roy

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bib question
by Thomas A. Schmitz 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

Hi all, not really a question about specific code, but I need an idea: I have a fairly large bibliographical list which is generated from an even larger bibtex database. Now, I want to quote some of the items from this list on my slides, but I want to retain the original numbering in the list, like so: the list: [1] item A [2] item B [3] item C the slide: [2] item B [3] item C Can anyone suggest an approach for this? Or is this impossible with bibtex, and I have to typeset the slides manually? Thanks, and best Thomas

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Publication list ragged right
by Oliver Buerschaper 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

Hi all, is there a way of typesetting the publication list ragged right? Unfortunately the following doesn't work: \startalignment[right] \placepublications \stopalignment With each publication item filling barely more than two lines justification looks rather ugly (and causes a number of overfull boxes) ... Best, Oliver

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SciTe setup
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

Hi, A simple newbie 'abstract' question. How to setup fresh SciTe 1.73 installation to work with context scripts? And a more concrete one: how to load context.properties? Best, Vyatcheslav

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m-bib question: URL, DOI
by Tobias Burnus 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

Hello, I have a question regarding URLs and DOIs. I would expect that the attached example file would produce hyperlinks for the DOI and URL, but ConTeXt does not. Using \cite[doi] also produces the wrong output. For doi = 10.1103/PhysRevLett.45.566 I would expect 10.1103/PhysRevLett.45.566 and not: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.45.566 as output. In the reference list, the output is ok, but is no hyperlink. Whether \cite[doi][] should link to the item in the \completepublications list or to the webpage dx.doi.org and whether the link target should depend on \setupcite[interaction=start|stop], is not clear, both options have its merits. In addition, what is the way to insert "#" in URLs? If I don't protect them, I get a TeX error, if I use \# the backslash is printed, too. Tobias

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ConTeXt and vim spell check
by Robin Kirkham 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

Hi, I'm using vim 7.0.17. When I edit a ConTeXt source file, it does the syntax highlighting correctly, but it won't do spelling error highlighting. It works for other filetypes (including LaTeX). Is there something extra needed in .vimrc? I have filetype plugin indent on syntax enable set spell spelllang=en_au Robin

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anaemic spacing around in-line typed text
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 01 Apr '07

01 Apr '07

The following look ugly because of anaemic spacing before and after typed text. \starttext The {\tt rand} function generates pseudo-random numbers. \stoptext How to fix it? Best, Vyatcheslav

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XML in ConTeXt (TeX -> XML)
by Steffen Wolfrum 01 Apr '07

01 Apr '07

Hi, in the XML manual "example .pdf" the chapter "basic workflows" talks about TeX -> style -> XML : "we simply typeset XML. The typeset document (with lots of angle brackets) is then converted into raw text". That sounds like ... texmfstart texexec --xml --foo.tex ... but this also calls pdfetex and results in a pdf file. So what is actually meant by "we simply typeset XML"? Steffen

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TextMate bundle
by Patrick Gundlach 01 Apr '07

01 Apr '07

Hi (esp. Willi), I've uploaded the version 0.2 of my TextMate bundle. See http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Bundle_for_TextMate and http://dl.contextgarden.net/support/ Direct download: http://dl.contextgarden.net/support/context-tmbundle.dmg Feedback welcome! Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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xetex problems
by Patrick Gundlach 01 Apr '07

01 Apr '07

Hello out there, I feel stupid: the following file runs fine on live.contextgarden.net (xetex engine) \font\myfont="Iwona-Regular" \myfont \starttext Hello world! \stoptext but not on my local installation: texmfstart texexec --xtx simple TeXExec | processing document 'simple' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file simple.top TeXExec | using randomseed 769 TeXExec | tex engine: xetex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is XeTeXk, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.996 (Web2C 7.5.6) %&-line parsing enabled. (WARNING: translate-file "natural.tcx" ignored) entering extended mode (./simple.tex ConTeXt ver: 2007.03.19 11:20 MKII fmt: 2007.3.30 int: english/english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded ..... (/opt/context/current/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.mkii)) specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf,dpx loaded ) ! Font \myfont=Iwona-Regular not loadable: Metric (TFM) file or installed font not found. <to be read again> \myfont l.2 \myfont Any clue what could cause the trouble? Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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fixme module?
by Patrick Gundlach 31 Mar '07

31 Mar '07

Hi, did any of the attendees of the ConTeXt user meeting finish the fixme module? Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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How to indent a paragraph
by List Mail 31 Mar '07

31 Mar '07

I know this is a newbie question. However I have read the fine manual (see below), and I still don't know how to indent a paragraph under ConTeXt. The following code does NOT produce an indented paragraph. Can somebody tell me what's wrong? % Begin ConTeXt code \starttext \setupinterlinespace[2] \setupindenting[medium] The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. \stoptext % End ConTeXt code % processed using TeXExec version 6.2.0 Also, could somebody point me to where I can download the latest version of the ConTeXt manual. The best I could find using Google's filetype:pdf site:pragma-ade.com is a document named "cont-eni.pdf".

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Relationship among mptopdf, mpost and latex
by nicola 31 Mar '07

31 Mar '07

Hi, some time ago I needed to include a png file into a MetaPost picture and I did it with the MetaFun macro externalfigure. I compiled the code with mptopdf and the result was fine. Since I had no previous experience with it, my code used LaTeX, not ConTeXt, for the labels. I have recently updated my distributions (TeX Live 2007 and gwTeX on Mac OS X) and the same code does not work any longer in either distribution. A minimal example reproducing the problem is as follows: verbatimtex %&latex \documentclass{article} \begin{document} etex beginfig(0); externalfigure "pic.png" scaled 15mm shifted origin; label.bot(btex $x$ etex, origin); endfig; end; The error mptopdf gives is: ! Undefined control sequence. l.44 \documentclass {article} as if the code were not interpreted as LaTeX code. I have tried the following two variants, but with no positive results: 1) I have used input TEX; TEXPRE("%&latex" & char(10) & "\documentclass{article}\begin{document}"); TEXPOST("\end{document}"); instead of the verbatimtex.. etex block, and label.bot(TEX("x_1"), origin); to draw the label. In this case, mptopdf does not complain, but I see '0' instead of the label in the output. 2) I have added input mp-tool; input mp-spec; to both the original code above and to variant 1) and I have typeset with mpost. The results are original code) the png picture is not shown in the output; variant 1) I get the error: ! Unable to make mpx file. l.3 btex x_1 etex So, I kindly ask someone to help me tidy things up. In particular: a) Is it possible to include the MetaFun macros when using mpost? b) Is it possible to use the %&latex syntax with mptopdf? Nicola

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Force all floats on opposite even pages
by Luuk Beurskens 31 Mar '07

31 Mar '07

Dear all, For the document I am currently working on I would like to have some control on the placing of the floats. What I would like is that all text is put on the odd pages (n), and that all floats are put on the opposite even pages (n-1). This can result in sub-optimal breaking of pages, but that depends on the ratio of the amount of floats versus the amount of text. Does anyone have an idea how to tackle this? Has something similar been done already? Thanks in advance for suggestions. Best regards, Luuk Beurskens The Netherlands

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Listing of typical beginner-questions
by Luuk Beurskens 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

Dear all, Last weekend I had my first hands-on experience with Context. I was told that a listing of the type of problems that I encountered would have a certain value to the Context project. That's why below you'll find an overview of my beginner-questions, to some of which I already found answers. My aim is not to have all questions answered via the list, but rather to document them for later use in some kind of manual. For I know that finding the answers is mostly a matter of searching the documentation. Kind regards, Luuk Beurskens The Netherlands PS: I have been using Latex for some years. The questions below came up using a stand-alone Context environment in MS Windows. Q: Starting with Context, the use of which language is to be preferred for the commands? A: The English version is most commonly applied, even in the Netherlands Q: If one starts in a Context document in one language, can it be easily converted to another language (form English to Dutch or German, for example)? A: This is possible, but no ready-available tool exists. Q: Why does background=color not work inside \bTABLE ... \eTABLE? A: Put \setupcolors[state=start] in the beginning of the document Q: How to apply a background colour for the margin space? A: This is possible but not easy to explain. See info by Patrick Gundlach and the section Crossing Borders in the Metafun manual in chapter Pagebackgrounds by Hans Hagen. Q: Where to put the commands that apply to the whole document? Is there a 'preferred sectioning' of a Context source? A: Q: What is the equivalent of the Latex \begin{thebibliography} environment? A: Q: The command \setupwhitespace[big] doesn't have an impact on the paragraph spacing. What am I doing wrong? A: Q: Using \startcombination[*] it is possible to display several pictures into one figure. How could one achieve that several figures are treated as one picture, i.e. that they are all forced to be placed on one page? A: Q: One cell in a table (\bTABLE ... e\TABLE) should contain a unit (EJ for example) in square brackets: [EJ]. The result is that the respective row is not displayed at all. What is wrong? Could I possibly use the Latex equivalent \symbol{code}? A: Q: How can I change the fontsize inside a table? A: Q: How can I change the fontsize of an \inmargin? A: Q: How can I make a line in the header or footer of a document? A: Q: How can I define a fancy page numbering (i.e. large and coloured number)? A: Q: How to make sure that numbers in a colomn align correctly, for example: 9400 60 100 3 Inserting ~ works fine when using a proportional font. An extra difficulty occurs when the figures should be centered below the heading of the column. A: Q: a question related to the use of SciTE: changing the file scite.properties for a proportional fontsize doesn't work, although it is very well explained in the SciTE helpfile. What's the trick? A: Q: Installing the minimal context distribution on a Windows 98 machine gives problems when copying on harddisk E:. Running the batch-file cscite.bat results in the following message: "cscite root, e.g. cscite d:\copyofcdrom" (more info: C: exists but D: is a non-writable linux partition). On a different computer the same directory structure on C: didn't give this message and worked well. A:

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Descriptions and buffers.
by John R. Culleton 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

I used the description facility (both definition and use} within a buffer and it did not work. But I removed the passage from the buffer and it worked fine. -- John Culleton Able Indexing and Typesetting Precision typesetting (tm) at reasonable cost. Satisfaction guaranteed. http://wexfordpress.com

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figuretext environmnet
by Willi Egger 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

Hi Hans, I ran into the following problem. \startfiguretext ... \stopfiguretext generates an error about undefined controlsequence \stopfiguretext ->\dostoptextfloat. ConTeXt ver: 2007.03.19 11:20 MKII fmt: 2007.3.29 int: english/ english Willi Egger w.egger(a)boede.nl

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Hanging definition
by John R. Culleton 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

I want to create a definition that is set up similar to an itemize, or more particularly like page 180 in the Context Manual, third example from the top of the page. Here is what I have: ------------------------------------------------------ \definedescription[Stars] [width=broad,location=hanging,hang=broad,sample={***}] \Stars{*} Rounded to nearest \$100 \Stars{**} Provided by RBC Asset Management Inc. Actual fund return plus an additional 4.0\% annually \Stars{***} Back-tested return reduced by 4.0\% annually\par} --------------------------------------------------------- ... but each item is packed to the left and not blocked like an \item in a list. I want something like * foofoo ** foofoo *** foofoo..... foobar ...but I get * foofoo ** foofoo *** foofoo foobar -- John Culleton Able Indexing and Typesetting Precision typesetting (tm) at reasonable cost. Satisfaction guaranteed. http://wexfordpress.com

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Trouble with \usemodule[tikz]
by M.guravage 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

I recently experienced problems with TikZ after upgrading from ConTeXt - 2007.01.23 to 2007.03.19. Instead of looking at the differences between the two releases, I moved my original minimal ConTeXt distribution out of the way and re-installed the latest justtext.zip and linuxtex.zip. To this I added my own texmf-project tree which contains TikZ, and remade the formats. TeX stops at the first TikZ command complaining that it cannot find the tikz module: system : module tikz not found ! Undefined control sequence. l.6 \starttikzpicture I have checked the obvious like the TEXMFPROJECT environment variable and the ls-R files, but everything appears correct. Indeed, everything did run correctly with ConTeXt - 2007.01.23 and pdfTeX-1.40.1. I would be grateful if someone could suggest how I can track down this problem? Cheers, Michael PS: Here is a minimal example. % interface=en output=pdftex \usemodule [tikz] \starttext \input tufte \starttikzpicture \draw (-1.5,0) -- (1.5,0); \draw (0,-1.5) -- (0,1.5); \stoptikzpicture \stoptext % finis

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using Make for documents
by Sanjoy Mahajan 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

At the recent User Meeting, a few people were interested in how to use make to maintain complex documents. Here is version 0 of a step-by-step explanation: <http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/sanjoy/teaching/tex/> Comments welcome! The URL may change. I'll eventually put it on the wiki, or (since I prefer the GPL to the GFDL) put a link to it from the wiki once it's stable. -Sanjoy `A nation of slaves is always prepared to applaud the clemency of their master who, in the abuse of absolute power, does not proceed to the last extremes of injustice and oppression.' (Gibbon)

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Does \Level2Command work?
by Steffen Wolfrum 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

Hi, in one of Luigi's "Grid-keeping table"-mail I saw the term "\setbox100". I didn't try that code, don't know what it means. But it gave me the idea: is it actually possible to use numbers in defining command's names? Something like this ... \setuphead[Level2] [header=empty,page=yes,numbercommand=\Level2Command,align=middle,alternative=paragraph,style=\Level2Style,before={\strut\blank[42pt]},after={\blank[12pt]}] \setuphead[Level3] [header=empty,page=yes,numbercommand=\Level3Command,align=middle,alternative=paragraph,style=\Level3Style,before={\strut\blank[42pt]},after={\blank[12pt]}] ... looks much clearer than using the numbers written out in letters. Steffen

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HZ and DVI
by Peter Münster 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

Hello, now I see, that my problem with HZ is only in DVI mode, PDFs are ok. Here my test file: \usetypescript[serif,sans,mono][handling][highquality] \setupalign[hanging,hz] \usetypescript[modern-base][\defaultencoding] \setupbodyfont[modern] \starttext \input tufte \stoptext And here the errors: This is dvips(k) 5.96 Copyright 2005 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com) ' TeX output 2007.01.08:1425' -> test.ps kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode ljfzzz --bdpi 1200 --mag 1+240/1200 --dpi 1440 ec-lmr10+15 mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for ec-lmr10+15. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. dvips: Font ec-lmr10+15 not found, characters will be left blank. dvips: Can't open font metric file ec-lmr10+15.tfm dvips: I will use cmr10.tfm instead, so expect bad output. dvips: Checksum mismatch in ec-lmr10+15 kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode ljfzzz --bdpi 1200 --mag 1+240/1200 --dpi 1440 ec-lmr10+20 mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for ec-lmr10+20. dvips: Font ec-lmr10+20 not found, characters will be left blank. dvips: Can't open font metric file ec-lmr10+20.tfm dvips: I will use cmr10.tfm instead, so expect bad output. dvips: Checksum mismatch in ec-lmr10+20 kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode ljfzzz --bdpi 1200 --mag 1+240/1200 --dpi 1440 ec-lmr10-10 mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for ec-lmr10-10. dvips: Font ec-lmr10-10 not found, characters will be left blank. dvips: Can't open font metric file ec-lmr10-10.tfm dvips: I will use cmr10.tfm instead, so expect bad output. dvips: Checksum mismatch in ec-lmr10-10 kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode ljfzzz --bdpi 1200 --mag 1+240/1200 --dpi 1440 ec-lmr10-15 mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for ec-lmr10-15. dvips: Font ec-lmr10-15 not found, characters will be left blank. dvips: Can't open font metric file ec-lmr10-15.tfm dvips: I will use cmr10.tfm instead, so expect bad output. dvips: Checksum mismatch in ec-lmr10-15 kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode ljfzzz --bdpi 1200 --mag 1+240/1200 --dpi 1440 ec-lmr10-20 mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for ec-lmr10-20. dvips: Font ec-lmr10-20 not found, characters will be left blank. dvips: Can't open font metric file ec-lmr10-20.tfm dvips: I will use cmr10.tfm instead, so expect bad output. dvips: Checksum mismatch in ec-lmr10-20 <tex.pro><lm-ec.enc><texps.pro>. <lmr10.pfb>[1] TeXExec | runtime: 11.250944 Can anybody help please? Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Semi-verbatim
by John R. Culleton 27 Mar '07

27 Mar '07

I have a situation where I wish to import a file and have the line endings and the spaces honored as in \typefile. But I want any font changes (e.g. \it) honored as well. I tried the plain TeX commands \obeylines and \obeyspaces. The line endings and typeface changes were honored but the spaces were not. Is there a convenient way to do this? I can preprocess the file through e.g. sed to patch in \crlf and hard spaces but this seems a bit clumsy. BTW this is text in columns. The length of every line is limited to 45 characters. -- John Culleton Able Indexing and Typesetting Precision typesetting (tm) at reasonable cost. Satisfaction guaranteed. http://wexfordpress.com

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gray scale conversion of colored text
by Peter Rolf 27 Mar '07

27 Mar '07

Hi, I currently have a problem with the conversion of some mp graphics into gray scale. The mp graphics themself look great, but *text is always converted to black*, regardless of its real color. Is there a way to fix this? Peter

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Long heading alignment
by Paul Schalck 26 Mar '07

26 Mar '07

Hello! First, I want to thank you all. It's my first post here, but I've read many of your emails before, and I've already found a lot of solutions for my problems in there. I'm using Context intensely since several months (before, I was Latex) and at the moment, I'm setting my first big document (400 pages, very boring) with it. My issue: I have a little problem with headings I can't solve by my own. It's rather simple: I would like to align headings that span across multiple lines on the left margin, like this: a) This is (not really) a very, very, very loooooooooooooooong title and not that way: a) This is (not really) a very, very, very loooooooooooooooong title The use of (\setuphead[section][command=\MySectionCommand] disables the standard alignment mechanism. I wonder if there is a simpler way to achieve this. Any ideas? Thank you very much! Scheeni Grieß (it's Alsatian German) Paul _______________________________________________________________ SMS schreiben mit WEB.DE FreeMail - einfach, schnell und kostenguenstig. Jetzt gleich testen! http://f.web.de/?mc=021192

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capitals in heads
by Jörg Hagmann 26 Mar '07

26 Mar '07

I hope (I am sure) the meeting was a success. And I hope that you are still willing to answer a simple question: How can I get capitals in a head? The following didn't work: \setuphead[subsection][style=cap] %aborts compilation. (But "slanted" works) I also unsuccessfully tried "style=\cap" (or \kap etc.), "command= \cap" etc. (But style=\sc works. I don't want small caps, though). I also tried concocting my own \def, again without success. Thanks for your help, Jörg

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background example
by Patrick Gundlach 26 Mar '07

26 Mar '07

Hi, just if you are interested in a very old example on using backgrounds: http://dl.contextgarden.net/examples/page.pdf http://dl.contextgarden.net/examples/page.tex Please tell me if I'm using old syntax, so I can update the example. Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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warning: XeTeX & broken typescripts (please wait with upgrading)
by Mojca Miklavec 26 Mar '07

26 Mar '07

Hello, While waiting for the train in Köln (just back from one of the best ConTeXt meetings ever ;), I decided to post this warning/explanation to the mailing list (before Hans gets back and blocks my account ;) For those who rely on (complex) XeTeX typescripts, please don't upgrade ConTeXt as long as you have a working version (if not, you can download and extract an older zip from https://foundry.supelec.fr/frs/?group_id=14) Hans is currently working on a high-level user interface for typescripts in luatex, and the old behaviour has been slightly broken, mostly due to the fact that if one wants to support fonts that are not installed, the bracket notation has to be used, which doesn't fit well into the model (one would need to specify fonts in constructs such as [{{'[fontname]'}}]). Without rewriting some basic routins, the font definition would look really strange that way. Currently the format builds OK (it was completely broken for some time, but now you can at least work with it again), you can still select fonts with constructs like \font\a='TestFont/BI:mapping=tex-text' \a and you can also define synonyms like (I hope that I got it right this time) \definefontsynonym[MyFont][name:RealFontName][encoding=uc] % encoding will go (has gone?) away but typescripts don't really work the way that worked once. XeTeX typescripts have been relatively primitive so far: the syntax like \definefontsynonym [DidotItalic] ['Didot/I:mapping=tex-text:+dliga'] [encoding=uc] is not the best possible ansd will most probably not be supported any more. Instead, one would probably write something similar to \definefontsynonym [DidotItalic] [name:Didot] [features=dliga] % mapping=tex-text might be default but that's not the final word about it yet. Sadly Adam Lindsay (who created the whole machinery) doesn't have much time to work with ConTeXt, and I'm not really a TeXacker (if anyone else is willing to help, any help would be more than wellcome). I don't want to force too much the fix (it's better to have it implemented properly and to wait some more), although I hope that it won't take too much time to have it finished. I was silently hoping that Hans will finish the luatex OpenType support before the whole machinery could be backported to XeTeX, but sadly it was (unintentionally) broken before a good replacement could be provided. I would like to ask the ConTeXt-XeTeX users for understanding. I cross-posted that message, but in case that you would need to reply for some reason, please do so on the ConTeXt mailing list, not on the XeTeX one, since XeTeX itself has really nothing to do with the subject (apart from the slightly unfortunate syntax for selecting uninstalled OpenType font). Mojca

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test
by John R. Culleton 25 Mar '07

25 Mar '07

-- John Culleton Able Indexing and Typesetting Precision typesetting (tm) at reasonable cost. Satisfaction guaranteed. http://wexfordpress.com

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HelvNeue
by luigi scarso 24 Mar '07

24 Mar '07

I'm a bit pressed by a work with HelveticaNeueLTStd . Is there anyone that has made a type script file for this family ? Thanks in advance luigi

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Indexing problem---not
by JOHN CULLETON 24 Mar '07

24 Mar '07

I think the curious string of numbers mentioned earlier are actually related to footnotes. The author for whatever reason prefers endnotes instead of true footnotes, and specified them in a block after all the chapters. So I defined footnotes thus: \setupfootnotes[location=none] so that I could generate the endnote numbers thus \footnote{} at the correct places in the text. Apparently Context stores these blank footnotes up and puts them at the end, even though [location=none] is specified. {location=high] doesn't seem to help either. So I will force them onto a blank page and strip off that page. This problem arose when I added an index to the end so I fell into the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy. Sorry about that. The problem with page ranges in an index remains however. So I have come up with a kludge so that I can use my old reliable makeindex: \newwrite\ind \immediate\openout\ind=book.idx \input idx.tex \def\sidx#1{\write\ind{\\indexentry{#1}{\the\pageno}}} No one seems to be able to make eplain.tex work with Context so this is the best I can do in a hurry. John Culleton _________________________________________________________________ Need personalized email and website? Look no further. It's easy with Doteasy $0 Web Hosting! Learn more at www.doteasy.com

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header labels
by Thomas A. Schmitz 24 Mar '07

24 Mar '07

Hi all, I've just hit some rather interesting interaction. I wanted my sections numbered A. Title, B. Title etc. This works, unless I choose language [deo]. Here's a short test document that demonstrates the behavior: \mainlanguage[de] \setupsection[section][conversion=A] \setuplabeltext[section={{},{.~}}] \starttext \section{Number One} dummy \section{Number Two} dummy \section{Number Three} dummy \stoptext If you replace language[deo] with language[de], things work as expected. Any explanation for this behavior? Best Thomas

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Re: [NTG-context] ! Unable to make mpx file.
by Steve MC Han 24 Mar '07

24 Mar '07

I was wondering if you could give me some direction. I'm having this error message in doing metapost. ! Unable to make mpx file. l.78 label.bot(btex $\hbox{\sf Rectangle}$ etex, (0,-.6u)); I looked through internet and found this site, http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2002/000272.html which describes exactly the same error messages. Is there any solution for this? I didn't have any problem with exactly the same file before installed TexLive 2007. If you have some solution to give, I would appreciate it very much. --------------------------------- Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. --------------------------------- Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta.

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ConTeXt release 2007.03.19
by Taco Hoekwater 22 Mar '07

22 Mar '07

Hi all, I am pleased to announce that the new ConTeXt release from Hans Hagen can be downloaded as of now from the Pragma ADE website or one of its mirrors. http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/current/cont-tmf.zip http://context.aanhet.net/context/current/cont-tmf.zip http://mirror.contextgarden.net/context/current/cont-tmf.zip The current release has version 2007.03.19 As usual, there is an html page with more detailed release notes available on the Wiki, see: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Release_Notes Highlights: * Aditya's 'mathsets' modules in included in cont-ext.zip * The use of \setuphead[][numberwidth=...] * Named font styles can now also be 'sans' or 'sansbold' * The old marvosym metric file is included, fixing the 'MarvoSym' symbols and '\texteuro' bugs * Quoting of font files is changed so that hopefully XeTeX bare fontfiles are OK now. * For some other small changes, see the wiki page Happy TeXing, Taco Hoekwater

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figure bases (2nd)
by Peter Rolf 22 Mar '07

22 Mar '07

hi, i'm tired of fixing \dogetfigurefilename in every new version. i have already shown that there is something wrong with it in my mail from 17.01.2007 http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20070117.153030.344c6989.en.html i don't say, that i understand the complex code for figure inclusion, but it is obvious that the following code is at least questionable. (taken from x-fig-00.tex and x-res-04.tex) \def\dogetfigurefilename#1% {\ifx\figurefilename\empty \bgroup \xdef\figurefilebasepath{#1}% \assignfullfilename{#1}\figurefilebase\to\filename \expanded{\processXMLfilegrouped{\filename.xml}}% \ifx\figurefilename\empty\else % ^^^^^^ % is already tested in the prior \ifx test; if it's not changed % in the meantime...(\filename?) % \globallet\figurefilebase\figurefilebase % ^^^^^^ % does *nothing* (\filename works for me) \fi \egroup \fi} i have worked with a patched version for the last two month and had no (more) problems with figure inclusion. without it the pdf figure base is not found, although the corresponding xml file (which is found) is in the same directory. any comments are welcome. greetings, peter

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XML compilation trouble
by Johannes Graumann 22 Mar '07

22 Mar '07

Hello, A document that compiled fine yesterday with 'texmfstart texexec --environment Labbook.tex Labbook.xml' today gives me this at the end of the log running by: xml : loading module ent (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/xtag-ent.tex)) * Any pointers as to what I'm screwing up? If I hit Ctrl-C and x, the process produces all text elements of the XML document pasted together ... Thanks for any help, Joh texmfstart texexec --environment Labbook.tex Labbook.xml TeXExec | processing document 'Labbook.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file Labbook.top TeXExec | using randomseed 937 TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.5-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) (/usr/share/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./Labbook.tex ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.23 13:32 MKII fmt: 2007.2.16 int: english/english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii)) system : cont-old loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme 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\definedescription[...][inbetween=...] ?
by Peter Münster 21 Mar '07

21 Mar '07

Hello, what is the meaning of the "inbetween" option to \definedescription ? In the following example, there seems to be no effect: \definedescription[Test][inbetween={\blank[5*big]}] \starttext \startTest{bla} bla \stopTest \startTest{bla} bla \stopTest \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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\em in typing environment
by David Arnold 21 Mar '07

21 Mar '07

All, I have: \startMatlab function output=primary(input) statements---including subfunction calls % first subfunction function out=one(in) statements % second subfunction function out=two(in) statments \stopMatlab Where: \definetyping[Matlab] \setuptyping [Matlab] [before={\startframedtext[width=\textwidth, background=screen, backgroundscreen=0.9]}, after={\stopframedtext}, indentnext=no, color=darkred] I'd like to override the monotype and make one line emphasized, as in: \startMatlab function output=primary(input) {\em statements---including subfunction calls} % first subfunction function out=one(in) statements % second subfunction function out=two(in) statments \stopMatlab Which of course doesn't work but it does give an idea of what I want to try. Any ideas?

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Positioning graphics at positions on a page
by David Arnold 21 Mar '07

21 Mar '07

Hi, Measuring from the top left hand corner of US letter paper, I'd like to position four identical metapost graphics, centered at (2in,2in), (6in,4in), (2in,6in) and (6in,8in). The first entry in each pair is the amount I'd like to move to the right from the top left corner of the page. The second entry is the amount I'd like to move down from the top left corner of the page. Any ideas?

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mailing, Arkady Shraer предлагает Вам завести электронный адрес в почте Gmail.
by Arkady Shraer 21 Mar '07

21 Mar '07

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Re: [NTG-context] Equivalent to \settowidth
by Robin Kirkham 20 Mar '07

20 Mar '07

> From: Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> > Wolfgang Schuster wrote: >> 2007/3/14, Robin Kirkham <robin.kirkham(a)csiro.au>: >>> >>> Is there a ConTeXt equivalent to LaTeX \settowidth{}, or better >>> still >>> some macro I can do things like >>> >>> \setupsomething[ >>> ... >>> width={\widthof{\bf sometext\emspace}}, >>> ...] > \def\setwidthof#1\to#2% > {\bgroup > \setbox\scratchbox\hbox{#1}% > \expanded{\egroup\def\noexpand#2{\the\wd\scratchbox}}} Thanks Wolfgang, Chen and Hans for your responses. I used Hans' one ... it seems to work. I'm actually trying to indent tables of contents by level. I want each indent to match the start of the heading text of the previous level, i.e., 1 Chapter 1.1 Section 1.1.1 Subsection 1.1.2 Subsection ... Title in other words, the indent is not quite a fixed width per level. The following complete example sort of does what I want (using Hans' \setwidthof) but it will fail when the section numbers have more digits than I have allowed for. I have a feeling I should be using \setupcombinedlist[content] [distance=1em] or something, but that puts an em space in front of unnumbered chapters (titles) as well. What I have done seems very ugly, surely there is a "proper" way? Robin % widthof macro from Hans \def\setwidthof#1\to#2% {\bgroup \setbox\scratchbox\hbox{#1}% \expanded{\egroup\def\noexpand#2{\the\wd\scratchbox}}} \setupcombinedlist[content][ alternative=c, aligntitle=yes] \setuplist[chapter][ alternative=b, style=bold] % calculate widths of numbers \setwidthof{\bf 9\emspace}\to\WDA \setwidthof{9.9\emspace}\to\WDB \setwidthof{9.9.9\emspace}\to\WDC \setwidthof{9.9.9.9\emspace}\to\WDD % calculate margins \setwidthof{{\bf 9\emspace}}\to\MAB \setwidthof{{\bf 9\emspace}9.9\emspace}\to\MAC \setwidthof{{\bf 9\emspace}9.9\emspace 9.9.9\emspace}\to\MAD \setuplist[chapter] [margin=0em, width=\WDA] \setuplist[section] [margin=\MAB, width=\WDB] \setuplist[subsection] [margin=\MAC, width=\WDC] \setuplist[subsubsection] [margin=\MAD, width=\WDD] \starttext \completecontent[criterium=all] \page \startfrontmatter \chapter{Unnumbered Chapter} \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \chapter{Chapter} \section{Section} \subsection{Subsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \chapter{Chapter} \section{Section} \subsection{Subsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \chapter{Chapter} \stopbodymatter \stoptext

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otf files
by luigi scarso 20 Mar '07

20 Mar '07

I have a large list of otf files that i need to use inside a "legacy" context system texexec --version TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texexec : TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) context : ver: 2005.01.31 cont-en : ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2006.3.2 mes: english cont-nl : ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2006.3.2 mes: dutch I argue (by reading their AdobeFnt07.lst fonts list) hat I need to convert them to type 1 fonts. Which tool is better under linux ? (actually I'm thinking to fontforge) Thanks in advance luigi

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\chemical{} + \title{}
by Tobias Burnus 20 Mar '07

20 Mar '07

Hi, I'd like to typeset a chemical compound in a \chapter. However, when I try so, all elements are shown in italics. Example: ------------------- \usemodule[chemic] \title{Chemical \chemical{La_{1-x}Ca_xCoO_3}} Chemical \chemical{La_{1-x}Ca_xCoO_3} \end ------------------- Any ideas? (In principle, the "x" in the subscripts should be italic, but I can use \it for this; as long as titles and non-titles are treated alike, I'm happy.) Tobias

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broken: noligature AND hyphenation
by Steffen Wolfrum 19 Mar '07

19 Mar '07

Hi, just by chance I experienced that there seems to be a problem with ligatures and hyphenation in ConTeXt. This is the example: \usetypescript[postscript][\defaultencoding] \setupencoding[default=texnansi] \mainlanguage[de] \enableregime[mac] \setupbodyfont[postscript,10pt] \starttext Auflagen % the fl-ligature is wrong here Auf\-lagen % this is the right fl Auf\/lagen %this is the right fl 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012 34567890 Auflagen % right hyphenation, but wrong ligature 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012 34567890 Auf\-lagen % but this kills the other hyphenation Aufla-gen 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012 34567890 Auf\/lagen % but this kills the other hyphenation Aufla-gen 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012 34567890 Auf"-lagen % this is used in (La)TeX, but doesn'T work in ConTeXt?! % the next wrong causes an error (but would be perfect: 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012 34567890 Auf"|lagen % this is used in (La)TeX, but doesn'T work in ConTeXt?! \stoptext What is needed is to ... 1) avoid the fl-ligature 2) preserve all the default hyphenation points In TeX (or only LaTeX?) Auf"-lagen or Auf"|lagen would do this. But what is the equivalent in ConTeXt? Steffen

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mplib
by Hans Hagen 19 Mar '07

19 Mar '07

Hoi, cstug 1000 euro, gust conversie van metatype1 naar mp++ dus nu nog 500 van tug lospeuteren Hans -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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XeConTeXt and Euler
by nicola 19 Mar '07

19 Mar '07

Hi, I'm pretty new to ConTeXt, so please bear with me if the following has already been asked (I have not found any answer in the archives, though). My goal is to use an arbitrary text font together with the Euler math font. I am able to use a few combinations in ConTeXt, e.g. Palatino with Euler, without problems. But when I switch to XeConTeXt (to use my system's fonts), some Euler's math accents do not show up properly (\hat) or not at all (\acute, \grave, \bar, \breve, \dot, \ddot, \tilde, \check). I guess the problem is the different encoding (and possibly the use of virtual fonts), but I know that Euler works in XeTeX: is it possible to make it work in XeConTeXt? Below you find my sample code. Nicola %!TEX TS-program = XeConTeXt %!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode \definetypeface[Charis][rm][Xserif][Charis SIL][default][encoding=uc] \definetypeface[Doulos][rm][Xserif][Doulos SIL][default][encoding=uc] \definetypeface[Gentium][rm][Xserif][Gentium][default][encoding=uc] \definetypeface[Charis][mm][math][euler][euler] % encoding??? \definetypeface[Doulos][mm][math][euler][euler] \definetypeface[Gentium][mm][math][euler][euler] \startbuffer Unicode text works fine here, but formulas do not: \startformula \breve x^n + \bar y^n = \hat z^n. \stopformula \stopbuffer \starttext \switchtobodyfont[Charis] \getbuffer \switchtobodyfont[Doulos] \getbuffer \switchtobodyfont[Gentium] \getbuffer \showmathcharacters \stoptext \end

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\indenting... what's wrong?
by Helin Gai 18 Mar '07

18 Mar '07

Hi all, I was testing a very simple file: \setupindenting[15pt,yes] \starttext \indenting[next] This is a test this is a test this is a test this is a test \startformula a+b \stopformula \stoptext As soon as I put in the \indenting[next] command, the space before \startformula is eliminated. [I know the \indenting[next] is not useful here...] What's going on here? Thanks! Helin -- Helin (Colin) Gai Class of 2009, Duke University Box 96332 Durham, NC 27708 Phone: 919-943-6302 helin.gai at gmail.com hg9 at duke.edu

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textblocks in tables
by Bernhard Michael 18 Mar '07

18 Mar '07

Hi list After writing some documents in LaTeX I discovered ConTeX. It's a great macro package for TeX. It gives me the flexibility I missed with LaTeX. However it isn't that easy to start with :-) Especially when some advanced functionality is needed... I write a document where I have to describe requirements. I want to give these requirements a running number over all chapters and I also need to prioritise them. My idea is to describe the requirements in several chapter. At the end I want to list all the requirements together with their priority. I tried the following code but unfortunately it didn't work: \defineenumeration[Requirement][location=left,text=Req,width=broad,after={\blank[small]}] \defineblock[Requirement,Priority] \setupblock[Requirement][after=] \hideblocks[Priority] \starttext \chapter{Description of requirements} \beginRequirement \Requirement A requirement \par \endRequirement \beginPriority A \endPriority Description of the requirement. \beginRequirement \Requirement An other requirement \par \endRequirement \beginPriority C \endPriority Description of the requirement. \chapter{Additional requirements} \beginRequirement \Requirement An additional requirement \par \endRequirement \beginPriority B \endPriority Description of the requirement. \beginRequirement \subRequirement A sub requirement \par \endRequirement \beginPriority C \endPriority Description of the requirement. \chapter{Summary of requirements} % Here I would like to list all requirements with their priorities in a table % I tried something like this but it didn't work \reset[Requirement] \setupblock[Requirement][before=\HL\VL,after=] \setupblock[Priority][before=\VL,after=\VL\MR \starttable[|l|c|] \useblocks[Requirement,Priority] \stoptable \stoptext Is it possible to use text blocks within tables or does an other way exists to do the same thing? It doesnt have to be a table necessarily. I need some sort of compact listing. Thanks in advance for your help! Michael

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texshow does not read t-vim.xml
by Peter Münster 17 Mar '07

17 Mar '07

Hello, it seems, that texshow does not read t-vim.xml. Is this normal? How can I change it? Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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previous mail
by Hans Hagen 16 Mar '07

16 Mar '07

Hi, sorry, the previous mail was for the ntg board, a request for sponsoring; anyway, it does not hurt to know of sponsoring needs -) for those who use tex commercially, at the tug page you can find a form for sponsoring tex activities -) Hans

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[Fwd: proposal for lua team member at tug07; luatex support]
by Hans Hagen 16 Mar '07

16 Mar '07

Hoi, Hier is een verzoek van Karl Berry voor sponsoring van de Luatex auteur naar tug 2007. De reden dat aan dante relatief weinig wordt gevraagd is dat Dante is dat zij al Martin en Thanh (lid van pdftex team) sponsoren om naar tug 2007 en eurotex te gaan (deels uit de project, deels uit een gift). Hans

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Re: [NTG-context] Umlaut causes footnotline to jump
by Hans Hagen 15 Mar '07

15 Mar '07

Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:19:50 +0100, Hans Hagen wrote: > >> Steffen Wolfrum wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:00:05 +0100, Hans Hagen wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> as suggested, you may try to change the ht/dp ratio and cross your >>>> fingers that no ( ) are used (or math with superscript) >>>> >>>> >>> There is no math, that's for sure. But what do you mean by " that no >>> ( ) are used" ? >>> >>> >> there are normally the chars with most height and depth, so a few of >> them in different line are your worst nightmare when interlinespace >> is to little >> Hans >> > > > Hmm ... to avoid a nightmare, is there a chance to set something like > > setupinterlinespace[line=9.8pt,height=.79,depth=.21] > > only locally, only for these footnotes affected? > > please wikify this: \starttext \hbox to \hsize \bgroup \showbaselines \showstruts \ruledvtop \bgroup \hsize.45\hsize \switchtobodyfont[rm,9pt]\setupinterlinespace[line=9.8pt] \begstrut \input tufte \endstrut \endgraf \egroup \hss \ruledvtop \bgroup \hsize.45\hsize \switchtobodyfont[rm,9pt]\setupinterlinespace[line=9.8pt,height=.79,depth=.21] \begstrut \input tufte \endstrut \endgraf \egroup \egroup \stoptext -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Umlaut causes footnotline to jump
by Steffen Wolfrum 15 Mar '07

15 Mar '07

Hi, again, unfortunately close to the printing, we have found an insoluble ugly detail in the footnotes. There is a very strange thing with german umlaut (actually it took me 2 hours to see this point). Have a look at the example below: When you change the \"O to O the interlinespace snaps back to its correct value. But \"O (or Ü the same) does not always distort the interlinespace. It's just sometimes (and to me unpredictably...). As it is a quite striking feature it needs to be corrected -- but how?? \usetypescript[postscript][\defaultencoding] \setupencoding[default=texnansi] \mainlanguage[de] \enableregime[mac] \setupbodyfont[postscript,10pt] \setupinterlinespace[line=12pt] \definepapersize[MyPage][width=15.7cm,height=23.2cm] \setuppapersize[MyPage][A4] \setuplayout [width=113mm,height=576pt, backspace=20mm,topspace=15mm, header=12pt,headerdistance=6pt, footer=42pt,footerdistance=0pt, location=middle,marking=on,grid=no] \def\setnotebodyfont {\let\setnotebodyfont\relax \restoreglobalbodyfont \switchtobodyfont[rm,9pt]\setupinterlinespace[line=9.8pt]\parskip2pt} \starttext Test.\footnote{{\em R.~Schmidt}, Öff. Wirtschaftsrecht, AT, S.\,163; {\em Manssen}, in: v.\,Mangoldt|\,/\,|Klein|\,/\,|Starck, GG, Bd.\,1, Art.\,12 Abs.\,1, Rn.\,70; {\em Schliesky}, Offentliches \"O Wettbewerbsrecht, S.\,197; {\em Tsiliotis}, Wettbewerbsfreiheit, S.\,65, mit vielen weiteren Nachweisen.} \stoptext Steffen

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grid and \definelayout
by Wolfgang Schuster 15 Mar '07

15 Mar '07

Hi, I tried to enable the grid with the \definelayout command. This seems to be not possible and can only be done with the \setuplayout command. The reason is that I set up the layout in one of my modules with a own setup command and the current setup option is choosen by a keyword, e.g. \setupmymodule[firstpage][..,..=..,..] creates \definelayout[firstpage] with the comma seperated list between the second brackets. Is it there something build in that im unable to find and if not is it possible to include this, because I try to avoid adding another option that is neccessary to enable/disable the grid. Wolfgang

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How to include unicode characters in a comment?
by Zhichu Chen 15 Mar '07

15 Mar '07

Hi When I'm using ======================= \setupinteraction [state=start] \enableregime [utf] \usemodule [chi-00] \starttext \startcomment[中文] 中文 \stopcomment 中文 \stoptext ======================= and use Adobe Reader v7 to view the output file. The comment only shows lookaheaduchar{78}{45} and something like that. I hope someone can give me a hand. Thanks. By the way, can I change the icon of the comment? It's too large for me. -- Sincerely yours, Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------- Zhi-chu Chen | Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility No. 2019 | Jialuo Rd. | Jiading | Shanghai | P.R. China tel: 086 21 5955 3405 | zhichu.chen.googlepages.com | www.sinap.ac.cn ----------------------------------------------------------------

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texmfstart/pdftex parameters
by Patrick Gundlach 14 Mar '07

14 Mar '07

Hi all, is there a way to pass parameters from texmfstart texexec to pdftex? I'd like to call pdftex with -file-line-error and -halt-on-error. Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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index questions - again
by Thomas A. Schmitz 14 Mar '07

14 Mar '07

Hi, I'm sorry, this is the third time I'm asking this question, but I haven't been able to solve this, and the book is going to the publisher next month, so it's kind of urgent (I will sulk in Epen if this doesn't work :-) 1. I need to define a special type of register that will typeset page ranges in bold. I have a subindex that does that for single entries: \setupregister[index][imp][pagestyle=bold] which I invoke like \index[imp::]{modernity} and it works. How can I have the same thing for ranges? 2. Another index question: I have several seeindex entries. They work, but the publisher doesn't want a linebreak, and they want "see" in italics. SO instead of lisible see readerly they want lisible *see* readerly Can this be configured, or can I hack core-reg.tex (and how?). Best, and thanks Thomas

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marvosym and TexLive2007
by luigi scarso 14 Mar '07

14 Mar '07

A problem with marvosym. In TeXLive2005 root@luigi-laptop:/opt/texlive/2005# find . -iname "*fmvr*" ./texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/marvosym/fmvr8x.tfm ./texmf-dist/source/fonts/eurofont/marvosym/fmvr8x.afm ./texmf-dist/source/fonts/eurofont/marvosym/tfmfiles/original/fmvr8x.tfm ./texmf-dist/source/fonts/eurofont/marvosym/tfmfiles/original/fmvri8x.tfm ./texmf-dist/source/fonts/eurofont/marvosym/tfmfiles/yandy/fmvr8x.tfm ./texmf-dist/source/fonts/eurofont/marvosym/tfmfiles/yandy/fmvri8x.tfm it's ok. In TeXLive2007 root@luigi-laptop:/opt/texlive/2007# find . -iname "*fmvr*" ./texmf-dist/doc/latex/marvosym/mac/oztex/tex-font/misc/fmvr8x.tfm ./texmf-dist/source/fonts/eurofont/marvosym/fmvr8x.afm ./texmf-dist/source/fonts/eurofont/marvosym/tfmfiles/original/fmvr8x.tfm ./texmf-dist/source/fonts/eurofont/marvosym/tfmfiles/original/fmvri8x.tfm ./texmf-dist/source/fonts/eurofont/marvosym/tfmfiles/yandy/fmvr8x.tfm ./texmf-dist/source/fonts/eurofont/marvosym/tfmfiles/yandy/fmvri8x.tfm ./texmf-dist/tex4ht/ht-fonts/alias/marvosym/fmvri8x.htf ./texmf-dist/tex4ht/ht-fonts/unicode/marvosym/fmvr8x.htf It's not ok. I have done installation with scripts (for 2005 and 2007) with full-schema. (of course no problem to fix it in my installation) luigi

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folder for formats
by Patrick Gundlach 14 Mar '07

14 Mar '07

Hi there, what is the suggested folder for the format files? web2c/<engine>/...fmt? Or web2c/...fmt? Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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